Tracked 46 EU GPU prices for 22 days. The biggest store gaps are all AMD - up to 35% difference for the same card.

Posted by rustgod50@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 20 comments

Been building a price tracker for European GPU buyers. 5 stores (Alternate.de, Coolblue.de, LDLC.com, Azerty.nl, Megekko.nl), scraped every 6 hours since March 10th. 46 GPU models, \~6,000 price points.

AMD cards have bigger store gaps than Nvidia right now

This surprised me. The largest cross-store gaps in my current data are all AMD (Chart):

Sapphire Pulse RX 9070: 589€ (Alternate) vs 799€ (LDLC) - 210€ gap (35%)
Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 XT: 669€ (Alternate) vs 879€ (LDLC) - 210€ gap (31%)

For comparison the biggest Nvidia gaps are running 15-20%. AMD pricing across EU stores is noticeably more fragmented right now.

The RTX 5090 gap

The ASUS TUF RTX 5090 is 3,599€ on Megekko (NL) and 4,049€ on Alternate (DE) - 450€ gap on the same card, both in stock.

Biggest drops in the last 7 days

Mid-range cards are still softening:

ASUS Prime RTX 5070 - Alternate: dropped 63€ (-9.5%) now at 609€
Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 5070 - Alternate: dropped 53€ (-7.7%) now at 639€
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 5070 Ti - Azerty: dropped 65€ (-5.0%) now at 1,249€

If you're waiting on a 5070 or 5070 Ti the trend is in your favor.

Which store wins after 22 days?

Out of 46 products tracked right now:

Alternate.de: cheapest on most Nvidia cards
Azerty.nl: consistently better for AMD RX 9000 series
LDLC/Coolblue: almost never cheapest

Full 22-day price history and charts at pricesquirrel.com

Methodology: direct retailer prices only, VAT included, no marketplace sellers, scraped every 6 hours. 46 GPU models across 5 EU stores.

Happy to pull the history for any specific model.

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Corentinrobin29@reddit

To be fair LDLC seems to be carrying that gap. They're a meme here in France, and only suckers buy from them. Everyone else knows to stay away.

They're the result of a massive corporate expansion where they bought all the competition and basically have a monopoly in France now.

I like to joke with my friends that the best French PC parts retailer is Caseking.de... in Germany.

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Darkomax@reddit

How they still are in business is beyond my understanding. Worse, they also bought most of the competition. I never even ordered on LDLC because of their outrageous prices.

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Jisuberi@reddit

I did get a 9070XT at MSRP at my local LDLC while the price were climbing in December but I think it was a lucky timing with them not updating the prices quickly.

They are typically at 15-20% higher prices than Amazon on components and monitors. But on every other peripherals, even simple adapters they are double Amazon's prices.

For exemple : I was looking for an active DP 1.4 to HDMI 2.0, I thought I could get it there quickly...
IT WAS 39€ ON THEIR WEBSITE and I was a 2 days delay to get it in store... I got a brand named one on Amazon for 18€

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Jisuberi@reddit

For the 9070XT the cheapest prices at the time were : Alternate : 635€ + 20€ for shipping (3-5days) Infomax : 643€ + 15€ for shipping (3-5days) Amazon : 655€ and free shipping (1-2days) LDLC : 667€ available in store VAT Included (20,6% on electronic in France)

I chose LDLC because the store is a 10min walk from my place, I had some cash from my birthday and I wasn't sure to be avaliable for the delivery the next week.

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-PANORAMIX-@reddit

The joke is good hahah

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rustgod50@reddit (OP)

that "ldlc is a meme" theory explains exactly why their data looks so stagnant in my logs. while german and dutch stores are fighting a bot-war every 6 hours, ldlc prices look like they're set by a guy with a clipboard once a week.

nittanyofthings@reddit

Over a thousand for 5070ti? That's a "we don't want to sell the last one" price.

LiliaBlossom@reddit

yeah… got my xfx 9070 xt mercury for 669€ at mindfactory in germany. I didn‘t even look at the 5070 Ti prices further, and the 5070 is worse, point blank and I don‘t need the cuda cores etc.

Popular_Tomorrow_204@reddit

Avg german alternate W

Ashratt@reddit

Alternate is expensive AF tho compared to mindfactory

it's still possible to order from german stores https://www.pricesquirrel.com/guides/buying-gpu-from-another-eu-country

f3n2x@reddit

MF hasn't shipped outside of Germany for like a decade.

huge W. they've been the price floor for most of the GPUs i track.

ea_man@reddit

Whoot prices are going down :)

Now there's a meaningful price gap between 9070 vs 9070xt, let's hope prices keep this trajectory and we can then get the 9070 dull for 500e.

cabbeer@reddit

ugh, I'm trying to buy a 9060 xt in toronto and most reputable cards are up 40% at retail... it's wild.

yeah, it's wild how global the volatility is right now...

kikimaru024@reddit

This is just a fancier Geizhals.eu with fewer retailers...

geizhals is the goat for volume, but i'm aiming for more of a sniper scope vibe. basically wanted a cleaner UI that actually tells you when to pull the trigger based on the trend data rather than just giving you a list of 1,000 shops.

ultio@reddit

I am surprised because Alternate is generally a pretty expensive store by German standards, I rarely see them being the cheapest when doing price comparisons in Germany. I assume you chose these stores because they have an affiliate program and not because they are necessarily the best choice for buyers.

I am not sure if it's really that relevant that Alternate "mispriced" one particular card model. You can find the same model for lower prices (assuming this is the exact one since it's listed at the price of 4,049 EUR) in Germany which is really all that matters:

https://geizhals.de/asus-tuf-gaming-geforce-rtx-5090-oc-a3382455.html?hloc=at&hloc=de&hloc=eu&hloc=pl&hloc=uk

According to their price history, the card has been available at the same 3,600 (~3,599) price point in Germany, so that reflects its "real" price.

yes, geizhals is the king for DACH. I built pricesquirrel for the "rest of the eu" (like nordics later) where geizhals results often won't ship or have messy international warranties.

i track stores like alternate/ldlc because they have reliable cross-border logistics afaik. the 450€ alternate outlier is actually the point - thousands of people buy there out of habit. if my data stops one person from paying the "convenience tax" instead of buying from a dutch store like megekko at the real floor price, it's a win.

i'm just a solo dev; the affiliates help cover the server etc while i'm coding. adding other countries next to show real arbitrage gaps. appreciate the feedback!